Agencies should design their websites and online tools to facilitate interoperability and re-use by other agencies and external developers. Improving the interoperability of online datasets with other information and tools from inside and outside the government multiplies the value of agency websites by enabling mashups and innovative applications. Agencies should also facilitate re-use by publishing in open machine-readable
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Most government websites (and govt. publications for that matter) do a poor job of identifying copyrighted content. People assume that if it is a government website the material is in the public domain - however much content can, and often is, copyrighted material with restrictions on further reuse. The burden is on the user to determine if the material is copyrighted - a time-consuming and often confusing task (I do
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I am a former teacher and I have many ideas I feel can influence education and the way students learn. However I do not have the skills to program my ideas. A website that allowed individuals to share ideas without losing ownership to them is my suggestion. This way people can expose their ideas to programmers, policy makers, researchers, teachers, and the public.
My fear is if I share my ideas openly, someone else
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Citizens and Government could benefit from some basic training about intellectual property (IP);i.e., copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets. What policies and laws define them; what distinguishes them from each other; what';s the duration of protection; when could more than one type of protection apply ; what does and doesn't apply to government produced vs. government commissioned
stuff; the effect on government
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I received a suggestion that I rework/revise my submission. Here goes:
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In order to find government information, we first need a way to identify it. In order to confidently reuse government information ( data, video, websites, documents, photographs, images, etc)., we must be able to identify it!
The adage “consider the source” applies especially to government information. There are and always have been
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What can we do to improve access to government information and services beyond websites? For example, mobile, APIs, and other channels. [Before posting, you may want to see recent dialogue on Making MobileGov

What can we do to improve how we use data, apps, APIs and similar technology to improve how we deliver information and services on federal websites? [Before posting you may want to see recent dialogue on Evolving Data]